A chronology of the East and Southern African Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives Resolutions 1969-2005

Abstract

The issue of how far the East and Southern African Regional Branch of the International Council on Archives (ESARBICA) member states had implemented past ESARBICA resolutions has been raised in many previous ESARBICA conferences. However, as many of the participants had not participated in previous ESARBICA conferences, it was not easy to assess the extent to which ESARBICA member states had or had not implemented past ESARBICA resolutions. This paper provides a comprehensive list of all ESARBICA resolutions from the time of its inception in 1969 to 2005. The paper concludes that ESARBICA as a regional body has had an interest in addressing the many issues or challenges facing the region. The issues that have been addressed in previous conferences have ranged from migrated archives, microfilming projects, the collection and organization of oral traditions, training of archivists and records managers, conservation and restoration of archival materials, management of current records, and issues of access to records, establishment of archival services, collaboration with other information professionals and the impact of ICT on archives and records management.